Window-screen attachment.



H. HIGGIN.

WINDOW SCREEN ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1913.

LMQEYEE, Patented May 25, 1915.

UNITED TATE PATENT @FFIQE.

HENRY HIGGIN, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO THE I-IIGGIN MANUFAC= TUBING COMPANY, OF NEWPORT, KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

WINDOW-SCREEN ATTACHMENT.

inmate.

Application filed. September 12, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY HIGGIN, a citizen of the United States, and a-resident of the city of Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Screen Attachments, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a window screen and ventilator construction for the upper portion of a window sash so that the upper sash can be dropped a few inches for ventilation, the opening can be screened, and at the same time it will not be possible for any one from the outside to lower the upper sash and thus make entrance through the window.

My invention is particularly applicable to the window ventilator construction of the general character illustrated in my Patent No. 1,064,730, of June 17, 1913, in which the ventilator construction prevents the opening of the lower sash beyond the prescribed opening for ventilation.

My present invention, however, is applicable to any construction of ventilator in which the ventilator prevents the opening of the lower sash when the ventilator is in use.

The invention consists of that certain novel construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter particularly pointed out and claimed, in which a fixed and permanent narrow window screen is provided for the upper portion of the upper sash, and provision is made to prevent the lowering of the upper sash beyond the fixed screen.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of the upper portion of a window frame and sash. Fig. 2 is a cross section of my improved lock construction, taken on the lines 2, 2, of Fig. 1, and considerably enlarged. Fig. 3 is a detail view in perspective of a portion of the upper sash and parting bead illustrating the lock. Fig. 4: is a plan view, with the sash rail in section. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the wire screen for the upper sash.

I have not thought it necessary to illustrate a window ventilator for the lower sash, as it forms no part of my present invention; but it will be understood that some means Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1915..

Serial No. 789,404.

is provided which prevents the raising of the lower sash.

The window frame with the sides and top is illustrated by 1, l, with lower sash 2 and upper sash 3 mounted therein. Secured across the window frame at the upper end is a permanent screen 1 of wire or other suitable material. Any convenient method for securing this screen may be employed, but I prefer to provide a thin sheet metal frame for the screen, with flanged edges 5, to permit them to be secured to the parting strip on each side and to the top of the window casing, by nails or otherwise. For the purpose of ventilation, the upper sash is to be lowered to provide the necessary opening behind the screen.

In order to prevent the upper sash being further lowered, I arrange as follows: Mounted in a socket 6 in the front face of the side rail 7 of the upper sash and protected by the socket plate 8, secured flush with the rail surface, is a spring latch 9 having a downwardly beveled head 10, normally projecting from the surface of the rail. The latch is formed with a socket 11 to receive the coiled spring 152', which bears between the latch and the base of the socket 6, and the shoulders 13 are provided on the latch to engage the edges of the socket plate 8 to prevent the latch from being propelled by the spring from the socket in the rail. Mounted on the parting bead 14, and flush therewith, is a plate or block 15 having a projecting stop 16 beveled in the opposite direction from the latch and lying in the athway of the latch so as to engage the same when the sash is lowered and prevent further downward movement. Of course when it is desired for any purpose from the inside of the window to lower the upper sash, the spring latch 9 is depressed by hand so as to permit the head to pass the stop. The latch and its stop are so located with reference to each other that the sash can only be lowered the width of the permanent screen. In order to allow the meeting rail 17 of the lower sash to pass the stop 16, the meeting rail is cut away at 18 to prevent any interference with the stop.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a sliding window sash copies or this atent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing Washington, D. 0."

and easing therefor, with a narrow screen secured across the upper end of the window casing, of a stop on the Window casing and a latch on the sash in opposed relation to each other, said latch and stop located in such a position that when the sash is fully raised they are separated from each other the distance of the Width of the screen.

2. In a device of thecharacter described, the combination of a sliding Window sash and easing therefor, With a narrow screen secured across the upper end of the Window 7 casing, of a stop on the Window casing and a latch on the sash in opposed relation to each other, said latch and stop located in such a position that When the sash is fully raised they are separated from each other the distance of the Width of the screen, the latch and stop being beveled in opposite dis rections whereby when the latch is depressed and the sash has been lowered belOW the Width of the screen the sash may be returned to its normal position Without interference between the latch and the stop.

HENRY HIGGIN.

Attest: 7

OLIVER W. SHARMAN, ANNA F. DIENST. V

the Commissioner 'of Patents, 

